These busts of two old men are among the most important pieces of Swabian sculpture. The bearded man with the chaperon on his head has opened his mouth to speak and is pointing to a banderole he holds in front of himself. The other, with a…

Inscribed: F. X. SCHThe expressive head of the old man is set on a V-shaped section of his chest, which is in turn supported by a rectangular plinth. The area around the mouth and chin is concealed under a luxuriant beard and moustache. Amidst…

Even as a small boy, Marcus Aurelius had been noted for his honesty. The Emperor Hadrian, who ruled from 117 to 138, jokingly called his nephew »verissimus«, and laid on his successor, Antoninus Pius (r. 138– 161), the obligation of adopting…

Christian Jorhan the Elder, who had trained alongside Franz Ignaz Günther (1725–1775) and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783) under the Munich Rococo sculptor Johann Baptist Straub (1704–1784), was one of the most important Bavarian sculptors of…